neighbor password

Syntax

neighbor {<IP-ADDR>|<PEER-GROUP-NAME>} 
     password {ciphertext | plaintext} <PASSWORD>

no neighbor {<IP-ADDR>|<PEER-GROUP-NAME>} password

Description

Enables message digest5 (MD5) authentication on a TCP connection between two BGP neighbors. When the password is applied to a peer-group, all the neighbors that are part of peer-group inherit the configured setting.

The neighbor connection must be reset using clear ip bgp to allow this configuration to take effect.

The no form of this command disables this feature.

Command context

config-bgp

Parameters

<IP-ADDR>: Specifies an IP address.
<PEER-GROUP-NAME>: Specifies a Peer-Group.
{ciphertext | plaintext}: Specifies configuring the password as either a ciphertext key or plaintext key.
<PASSWORD>: Specifies the password.

Authority

Administrators or local user group members with execution rights for this command.

Examples

switch(config-bgp)# neighbor 1.1.1.1 password plaintext hpe_routing
switch(config-bgp)# no neighbor 1.1.1.1 password

switch(config-bgp)# neighbor pg password plaintext bgp_hpe_routing
switch(config-bgp)# no neighbor pg password